Equitable cambodia

What Equitable cambodia does

Equitable Cambodia (EC) is a Cambodian national non-governmental organization headquartered in Phnom Penh, registered with the Ministry of Interior in 2012 as the successor to Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC). The organization operates with 17 staff and runs three core programs: Community Organizing for Housing Rights, Community Empowerment and Legal Awareness, and Development Watch. Its primary beneficiaries are at-risk communities across Cambodia facing housing displacement, indigenous communities affected by large-scale agribusiness concessions, and individuals harmed by predatory microfinance practices.

EC's core activities are built around community empowerment, legal awareness training, advocacy campaigns, and the operation of international grievance and accountability mechanisms, including complaints filed through the IFC's Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), the OECD National Contact Point process, and the Bonsucro certification system. It has produced technical outputs including Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) and co-developed the Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights. The organization maintains the Sugar Justice Network across four provinces and partners with IDI, LICADHO, STT, and BABSEA to coordinate multi-stakeholder advocacy, most notably the Clean Sugar Campaign.

EC operates as a non-profit and is funded through donations and grants. Audited financial statements have been publicly available since 2012. Its distribution model relies on direct community engagement, partner networks, and digital channels (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter). Notable outcomes include a landmark OECD-mediated settlement with ANZ Bank over Phnom Penh Sugar financing, CAO dispute resolution benefiting approximately 10,000 people across 14 indigenous communities in the HAGL rubber case, and Bonsucro complaints that contributed to Mitr Phol's withdrawal from Cambodian land concessions.

Name

Equitable cambodia

Legal name

Equitable Cambodia

Website

https://equitablecambodia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Equitable Cambodia is a 17-person Phnom Penh-based NGO that supports at-risk Cambodian communities facing housing displacement, indigenous land concessions, and microfinance harms through legal empowerment, advocacy campaigns, and international grievance mechanisms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy and Community Empowerment Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transitional Justice, Accountability & Reparations (BPADAGAL), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Community empowerment
• Land rights defense
• Legal awareness training
• Development accountability

Headquarters

HQ city

Phnom Penh

HQ country

Cambodia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Equitable Cambodia is a non-profit NGO that operates through donations and grants from international donors and partner organizations. The organization receives funding from various donor sources and maintains financial transparency through annual external audits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Equitable Cambodia is a Cambodian non-governmental organization that supports communities facing forced displacement, land grabbing, and development-related human rights violations through three core programs: Community Organizing for Housing Rights, Community Empowerment & Legal Awareness, and Development Watch. The organization provides legal awareness training, community organizing support, and advocacy assistance, and files complaints with international grievance mechanisms (ADB Compliance Review Panel, CAO, OECD National Contact Points, Bonsucro, and human rights commissions) to hold multinational corporations and development banks accountable. EC also publishes educational resources including the Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights and the ADB Guide Curriculum.

Product overview

Equitable Cambodia is a national Cambodian NGO (registered 2012) that does not offer commercial software products. Its organizational offerings consist of advocacy programs and educational resources focused on human rights, land rights, and development accountability. The core programs include Community Organizing for Housing Rights, Community Empowerment & Legal Awareness, and Development Watch. Key educational resources include A Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights (a three-volume guide), the ADB Guide Curriculum, and documented case studies covering sugar, railway, and rubber industry impacts. All offerings are non-commercial, mission-driven programs supporting communities facing forced displacement and development-related human rights issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Organizing for Housing Rights Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 indigenous communities (approximately 10,000 people) reached agreements with HAGL through CAO-mediated dispute resolution, including commitments to land return and compensation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBABSEA is the parent/partnership organization for Equitable Cambodia. EC was established as successor to Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC). BABSEA enables US tax-deductible donations to EC and provides organizational support and international connections. BABSEA co-developed the Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights with EC and partners.
• Inclusive Development International (IDI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDI is EC's key partner for international grievance mechanisms. Together they have filed complaints with the ADB Compliance Review Panel (Railway case), the CAO (HAGL rubber case), OECD National Contact Points (ANZ/Sugar case), and Australian Human Rights Commission. IDI provides legal expertise and international advocacy connections.
• LICADHOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights) is a key partner in advocacy campaigns. EC and LICADHO jointly filed complaints to Bonsucro against Mitr Phol, submitted complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission, and work together on microfinance advocacy.
• Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSTT is a key partner working on urban housing rights issues. EC and STT jointly monitor ADB resettlement processes, produce reports like 'End of the Line' on railway resettlement impacts, and support communities facing forced eviction.
• Clean Sugar CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEC is one of the founders of the coordinated advocacy campaign known as the Clean Sugar Campaign (boycottbloodsugar.net), created to raise awareness among stakeholders and the wider public about rights abuses from industrial sugarcane plantations. The campaign coordinates advocacy across multiple organizations.
• Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOHRE co-developed the Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights with BABC/EC and the International Accountability Project, providing international housing rights expertise.
• International Accountability Project (IAP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAP co-developed the Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights with BABC/EC and COHRE, contributing international accountability project expertise.
• World VisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Vision is one of the NGO partners providing training to communities, including advocacy, housing rights, human rights, and non-violent action training.
• KODOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKODO is one of the NGO partners providing training to Steung Meanchey communities on advocacy and rights.
• CLECminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLEC (Community Legal Education Center) is an NGO partner providing training and legal support to communities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT): Phnom Penh-based NGO focused on urban housing rights, forced evictions, and resettlement monitoring. STT is a named EC partner (joint ADB resettlement reports like 'End of the Line') and serves the same urban poor communities.
• Forest Peoples Programme: International NGO defending indigenous peoples' rights to forests and land. FPP is highly comparable to EC's Ratanakiri/HAGL indigenous lands work and the kind of international partner EC could leverage for cross-border cases.
• International Accountability Project (IAP): San Francisco-based NGO focused on accountability for internationally-financed development projects. IAP co-developed EC's Cambodian Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights and shares the international grievance-mechanism pipeline.
• LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights): Long-standing Cambodian national human rights NGO working on land rights, housing rights, and due process. LICADHO is EC's most direct operational peer in Cambodia, co-filing complaints against Mitr Phol and the Australian Human Rights Commission.
• Accountability Counsel: Specialist NGO that helps communities access independent accountability mechanisms of development banks, the IFC/CAO, and the OECD. Closely comparable to EC's grievance-mechanism workstream at the international-finance level.
• Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA): EC's parent/support organization and the legal vehicle for US tax-deductible donations. BABSEA operates the same advocacy-and-community-empowerment model regionally and was the predecessor (BABC) to EC.
• Community Legal Education Center (CLEC): Cambodian NGO providing legal education, community paralegal training, and representation in land disputes. CLEC is a named EC partner and addresses the same 'legal empowerment' segment that EC's Community Empowerment & Legal Awareness program targets.
• Inclusive Development International (IDI): Specialist NGO that supports communities in filing complaints against international financial institutions and multinationals. IDI is EC's core partner and the co-filer on ADB, CAO, OECD, and AHRC cases — operating an essentially adjacent business model.
• Adhoc (Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association): Leading Cambodian human rights NGO with overlapping mandate on land rights, development-induced displacement, and civic freedoms. Adhoc shares EC's national membership posture and donor base contested by Cambodia's restrictive NGO law.

Others

• BankTrack: Global civil society tracking the role of commercial banks in human rights and environmental abuses. Comparable to EC's OECD complaint against ANZ and the financial-institution accountability angle, but focused on private-sector banks rather than grassroots litigation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CambodiaEC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/EquitableCambodia
• Facebookfacebook.com/EquitableCambodia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/equitable-cambodia

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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